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murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

hi...im an arch novice.  I just switched from ubuntu over the weekend and im trying to get compiz fusion to work correctly with my Radeon X1600 graphics card. I installed latest ati-dri package using pacman and i eventually got compiz running with the following command...

LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 INTEL_BATCH=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp &

but I suspected that my system wasn't taking full advantage of my card so i tried to install the catalyst driver and catalyst-utls from the AUR. (not knowing that they didnt support my card)

so i removed the catalyst packages and reinstalled ati-dri and libgl

now when i execute the command posted above i get a white screen.
and when i execute

compiz --replace &

i get a white screen.

any ideas?

here is my xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"                # <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"            # <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "RV530 [Radeon X1600]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

Follow the wiki

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI … figuration

Make sure that you have rebooted after you uninstalled catalyst.

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

You are better off using a nvidia gpu for 3D effects then using an ati.

murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

ok i rebooted and ran

pacman -S xf86-video-ati libgl ati-dri

and then i re-configured Xorg
now when i try

LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 INTEL_BATCH=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp &

i get the white screen and when i try

compiz --replace

i get the following output:

compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

@Acecero:  i realize that.  but im on a old computer and i don't want to go out and buy a new graphics card.

Last edited by murfMan (2009-10-27 03:30:58)

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

i realize that.  but im on a old computer and i don't want to go out and buy a new graphics card.

I've had the same problems with the ati opensource drivers before. They are just not where they should be. You need at least a working catalyst driver. For your card I recommend checking the legacy driver to get it working, hopefully.

murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

tried installing the older catalyst

==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> catalyst-utils-old>=9.3
  -> kernel26<2.6.30

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

Just a quick question, which version of ubuntu were you using before and can you recall what driver were you using to get compiz working?

murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

9.04 i think?  whatever one is the latest (not the latest beta).  and i think i was using the ati  proprietary driver,  in my xorg.conf i had fglrx  under driver

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

Ok, you're only option would be to downgrade the kernel to 2.6.29 and install the old catalyst driver to get compiz working with your card. Other than that, you might have to consider investing in buying a new gpu/motherboard or a new machine.

Last edited by Acecero (2009-10-27 05:04:59)

murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

can you point me to a guide to downgrading?  im pretty lost when it comes to this stuff?

also ... is this a good option?  or should i just live without compiz?

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

can you point me to a guide to downgrading?  im pretty lost when it comes to this stuff?

also ... is this a good option?  or should i just live without compiz?

I don't consider it as a good option, as Arch is rolling release and eventually you would be forced to upgrade you kernel for compatibility reasons. You could live without compiz. I recommend going with lightweight stuff, such as the *box WM and the tilers. You will get a lot more benefit and flexibility with them.

murfMan

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 161

Re: compiz was working but not anymore :( RADEON X1600

hmm yeah thats probably what i will end up doing.  i don't know why i've been hung up on getting compiz running.

thanks for the help anyways.